Travel Disruptions: Impacts, Responses and Resilience

This timely and pivotal volume explores the nexus of a wide range of travel disruptions and their multifaceted implications on the global travel and tourism industry.

As the global travel and tourism industry struggles with an increasingly unpredictable landscape marked by natural disasters, health crises, geopolitical upheavals, and societal transformations, comprehensive insights and practical strategies are needed to help navigate these challenges. Comprising 13 specifically commissioned chapters authored by global experts in the field, this insightful and richly illustrated book therefore explores the interplay of unique factors influencing travel behaviour, policy responses, and the industry’s overall resilience. With a multidisciplinary focus and international case studies throughout, the book examines innovative strategies for building resilience, post-disruption recovery mechanisms, and crisis communication protocols, as well as exploring the various social, cultural, and ethical implications often linked with economic growth and cultural preservation. It provides a global understanding of the ever-evolving landscape of travel disruptions, the psychological nuances that tend to guide traveller choices and a comprehensive assessment of policy responses, governance strategies, and stakeholder collaborations that aim to strengthen resilience in the industry, thus helping to ensure sustainable growth in the future.

This book is a pivotal resource for academics, researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers concerned with the ever-evolving nature of travel and tourism, going beyond theoretical discourse.

Emmet McLoughlin is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events Management at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Dr McLoughlin is a member of the Welsh Centre for Tourism Research (WCTR) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). His research interests include destination and event management, leisure studies, and sociology. His current research is focused on destination resilience, leisure and biosecurity and crisis management in the events sector.

Domhnall Melly is an Assistant Lecturer in Tourism in the Department of Marketing, Tourism, and Sport at ATU Sligo, Ireland. Domhnall engages in research across a wide range of current issues in the broader tourism industry, particularly concerning tourism and biosecurity, tourism sustainability, tourism policy and planning, and festival and event management.

James Hanrahan is a Lecturer in Tourism Management and a member of the Sustainable Tourism Observatory (STORY) group at ATU Sligo, Ireland. His lines of research are mainly focused on planning for sustainable destination management as well as community participation in the tourism planning process. Current industry-funded research is focused on the drive tourism route ＂The Wild Atlantic Way＂ and the tourist’s use and adoption of Travel Apps and mobile devices.